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8:35 PM ET, July 31, 2016

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
YouTube party conventions statistics: 9M live viewers, averaging 25 minutes; RNC viewed 4.5M times, DNC, 4.6M; 217K peak for Trump, 250K for Clinton  —  YouTube today shared some numbers for the official livestreams of the Republican National Convention (RNC) and Democratic National Convention …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Democratic convention broadcast and cable ratings: Clinton speech attracted 33.3M viewers, down from Trump's 34.9M and below 2012 and 2008 DNC numbers
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton made better use of TV time during her convention, but Donald Trump's post-RNC boost suggests that might not matter
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Former Fox News booking agent and event planner Laurie Luhn says Roger Ailes sexually harassed her for over 20 years  —  The morning after Fox News chief Roger Ailes resigned, the cable network's former director of booking placed a call to the New York law firm hired by 21st Century Fox …
Bill Wyman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Experts look at likely defense and prosecution arguments in three defamation cases stemming from Rolling Stone's flawed UVA rape story  —  Three libel cases stemming from Rolling Stone's now infamous “A Rape on Campus” exposé seem poised to go down in the annals of defamation law.
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Scripps-owned TV station WCPO in Cincinnati experiments with a full-fledged local digital news operation  —  An editorial board.  An editor-in-chief.  A staff editorial cartoonist and a high school sports beat writer.  A revenue stream that combines both advertising dollars and subscribers.
Discussion: @cjr
Carey Dunne / Hyperallergic:
Photographer Carol Highsmith sues Getty and Alamy for wrongly selling copyright licenses to over 18K+ photos she donated to the public, seeks $1B+ in damages  —  In December, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement …
Linda Ge / The Wrap:
Jon Stewart's HBO project is an animated parody of a cable news network, potentially premiering in September or October  —  Jon Stewart's HBO project has been revealed to be an animated parody of a cable news network, HBO boss Casey Bloys revealed at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour Saturday.
Discussion: Variety, /Film, Vanity Fair and Adweek
David Z. Morris / Fortune:
After reports about acquisition talks, Kanye West tweets a demand for Apple to write a check for Tidal now  —  Kanye West took to Twitter yesterday to issue an ultimatum—Apple needs to buy Tidal.  Now. … West is a co-founder of Tidal, along with Jay-Z and other high-profile artists …
Guardian:
Turkish court detains 17 journalists until trial on terror group membership charges, frees four  —  State-run news agency says those charged have been remanded in custody after hearings at Istanbul court  —  A court in Istanbul has remanded 17 Turkish journalists in custody …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with Intercept editor Glenn Greenwald on the DNC hack, WikiLeaks, and the media's potentially dangerous disdain for Trump  —  And in their rush to condemn Trump, are journalists betraying their values?  Glenn Greenwald says yes to both.  —  The release of hacked Democratic …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
36 media organizations to file amicus brief in support of Mark Boal's lawsuit to protect interviews with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from military court subpoena  —  A parade of major names in the broadcast and print industry urge a judge to stop a military prosecutor's efforts to obtain interviews with Bowe Bergdahl.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Legal battle to determine Sumner Redstone's mental ability to make decisions about his media empire is set for trial in October
Discussion: @prashantrao
 
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